However he added that it could not be a precedence to carry Russian officers accountable.

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Media captionIOC president: An “unprecedented assault on the integrity of the Olympics”

A member of the Russian parliament, Valery Rashkin, has filed a lawsuit towards former sports activities minister Vitaly Mutko over the row. Mr Mutko has been accused of presiding over a scientific cover-up of doping in Russian sport.

The IOC’s resolution to exclude Russia from the Winter Olympics has sparked a livid response right here.

The determine skating coach Tatyana Tarasova described it as “the homicide of Russia’s nationwide sport”.

The deputy speaker of Russia’s parliament mentioned it was a humiliation and an insult to Russia.

In a defiant publish on social media, the spokeswoman for the Russian overseas ministry mentioned Russia would survive this – prefer it survived world struggle, the collapse of the Soviet Union and Western sanctions.

Though the Russian staff has been banned from competing in South Korea, Russian athletes who can show they’re clear shall be permitted to take part underneath the Olympic flag. However will the Kremlin enable them to?

President Vladimir Putin has previously described such a situation as a humiliation for his nation.

The IOC announcement on Tuesday adopted a second investigation – the Schmid report – which discovered proof of “the systemic manipulation of the anti-doping guidelines and system”, regardless of repeated Russian denials.

The IOC mentioned the ban “ought to draw a line underneath this damaging episode”.